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George Carpenter, Chief Executive Officer, Director

George Carpenter is a results-oriented executive with a passion for leading high growth and turnaround companies. As Chief Executive Officer of CNS Response, Inc., George is leading the commercialization of the company’s patented Referenced-EEG technology for psychiatric medication management. Before joining CNS Response Inc., George ran WorkWell Systems Inc., an international physical medicine firm and 2004 winner of the ABL Innovation in Healthcare Award. From 1990 to 2002, George served as Chairman and CEO of CORE, Inc., (Nasdaq: CORE) after leading the management buyout of this division of Baxter Healthcare. A finalist in the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year program, Carpenter led CORE to a record of clinical software innovation and business development that, in the words of one Wall Street analyst, "created an industry". CORE was acquired in 2001 by Assurant Inc. George was a Vice President of Operations with Baxter Healthcare before founding CORE. His career began at Inland Steel in manufacturing process control and Sales. Serving on various biomedical advisory and fiduciary boards, he is a frequent speaker and writer on healthcare technology and financing issues. His book "The Shape of Things" (LRP Publications, 2006) focused on the neurochemistry of obesity and its impact on the American workforce. He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and a BA with Distinction in International Policy & Law from Dartmouth College.

 

David B. Jones, Director

David Jones has been a Managing Partner of SAIL Venture Partners. since 2003. From 1997 to 2003, he served as Chairman and CEO of Dartron, Inc., a computer accessories manufacturer. From 1985 to 1997, he was a general partner of InterVen Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in Southern California and Portland, Oregon. From 1979 to 1985, he was President and CEO of First Interstate Capital, Inc., the venture capital affiliate of First Interstate Bancorp. Mr. Jones is a director of Micro Media Filtration, Inc. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds a Masters of Business Administration and law degrees from the University of Southern California.

 

Jerome Vaccaro, M.D., Director

Jerome Vaccaro, M.D., joined the Board of Directors in 2006. Dr. Vaccaro is a Senior Vice President with United Health Group’s Specialized Care Services. He has served in a number of health care executive roles, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of United Behavioral Health, and before that as President and Chief Executive Officer of PacifiCare Behavioral Health (“PBH”). Dr. Vaccaro has also served as Medical Director of PBH (1996-2001), Chief Executive Officer of PacifiCare Dental And Vision (2002-2004), and Senior Vice President for the PacifiCare Specialty Health Division (2002-2004). Dr. Vaccaro has an extensive background in community mental health and public sector work, including editing the textbook, “Practicing Psychiatry in the Community,” which is hailed as the definitive community psychiatry text. Jerry completed medical school and a Psychiatry Residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. After his training, Jerry served on the full-time faculty of the University of Hawaii (1985-1989) and UCLA (1989-1996) Departments of Psychiatry.

 

Henry T. Harbin, MD, Director

Dr. Harbin is an accomplished psychiatrist with over 30 years experience in the behavioral health field. Dr. Harbin has served as the CEO of two national behavioral health care companies and has held numerous senior positions in both the public and private mental health sectors. Among his past accomplishments, Dr. Harbin served as Commissioner of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health from 2002 to 2003, chairing the subcommittee for the Interface between Mental Health and General Medicine. In addition to his Federal government experience, Dr. Harbin also spent 10 years in the public mental health system in Maryland, serving as Director of the State Mental Health Authority for three of those years. As the chairman, CEO and President of Magellan Health Services, the country's leading behavioral managed care organization, Dr. Harbin led a company with approximately 6,500 employees and revenues of $1.7 billion. During his tenure from 1998 to 2004, Magellan managed the mental health and substance abuse benefits of approximately 70 million Americans including persons who were insured by private employers, Medicaid and Medicare. Prior to Magellan, Dr. Harbin worked for Green Spring Health Services, Inc., one of the largest managed behavioral health organizations in the country. Dr. Harbin held several executive positions at the company, including five years as its president and CEO. Among his achievements in research, Dr. Harbin was a principal investigator and project director for multiple studies at the University of Maryland's Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and has served as a reviewer for the American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, and Hospital & Community Psychiatry. Dr. Harbin has also been published in over 10 peer-reviewed articles.

 

John Pappajohn, Director

John Pappajohn has, since 1969, been the President and sole owner of Pappajohn Capital Resources, a venture capital firm, and President and sole owner of Equity Dynamics, Inc., a financial consulting firm, both located in Des Moines, Iowa.  He serves as a director on the boards of the following public companies: American CareSource Inc., Dallas, TX since 1994; since 1996; PharmAthene, Inc., Annapolis, MD., since 2007; Spectrascience, Inc., San Diego, CA, since 2007; CareGuide, Inc., Florida,  (formerly Patient Infosystems, Inc.),  since 1996; and ConMed Healthcare Management, Inc., Hanover, MD since 2005.

 

Tommy G. Thompson, Director

Tommy Thompson is the former Health and Human Services Secretary and four-term Governor of Wisconsin is a partner at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.  He serves on the boards of CR Bard and Centene Corporation, both which are public companies, and is Chairman of AGA Medical Corporation, a privately-held company. Thompson served as HHS Secretary from 2001 to 2005 and is one of the nation's leading advocates for the health and welfare of all Americans. He is the 19th individual to serve as Secretary of the department, which employs more than 60,000 personnel and has a fiscal year 2005 budget of $584 billion.  Thompson has dedicated his professional life to public service and served as Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001. Thompson was re-elected to office for a third term in 1994 and a fourth term in 1998.   At HHS, Thompson led the Administration’s efforts to pass and implement a new Medicare law that is for the first time providing a drug benefit to America’s seniors. As governor, Thompson created the nation's first parental school choice program in 1990, allowing low-income Milwaukee families to send children to the private or public school of their choice. He created Wisconsin's Council on Model Academic Standards, which implemented high academic standards for English language arts, math, science and social studies. Thompson began his career in public service in 1966 as a representative in Wisconsin's state Assembly. He was elected assistant Assembly minority leader in 1973 and Assembly minority leader in 1981. Thompson has received numerous awards for his public service, including the Anti-Defamation League's Distinguished Public Service Award. In 1997, Thompson received Governing Magazine's Public Official of the Year Award, and the Horatio Alger Award in 1998. Thompson served as chairman of the National Governors' Association, the Education Commission of the States and the Midwestern Governors' Conference. Thompson also served in the Wisconsin National Guard and the Army Reserve.


  

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